I also must point out that the Marlin 1894 in .44mag works as well as the Model 94 out to a few hunded yards. After that, the .30-30 shoots much flatter. With the density of the woods in my area, 150 is all you'll need; often less than that.
Perhaps we should start another thread for military origin rifles. The Remington 700 is used by our military, and the AR group of rifles is increasingly favored by today's hunters.
An Armalite AR-10, an FN-FAL, an HK-91, or an M-1A...IMO ;)
Ditto on the Savage 99. Mine is in .250 and I have had great success with it.
Ditto on the Savage 99. Mine is in .250 and I have had great success with it.
I am partial to the Ruger M77 all stainless .338 but with a rubber coated Hogue fiberglass stock. Thats my moose rifle, its technically a deer rifle, moose are in the deer family.
WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT??
NO muzzleloaders????
We’ve been around A LOT LONGER than those cartridge thingys.
Firearms were created for the purpose of combat. To exclude “military origin” rifles would be to exclude every rifle on this list.
Got my first deer, a couple of decades ago, with a Model 94 30-30. Loved that rifle. Wish I still had it.
I also must point out that the Marlin 1894 in .44mag works as well as the Model 94 out to a few hunded yards. After that, the .30-30 shoots much flatter. With the density of the woods in my area, 150 is all you'll need; often less than that.
If you are making sausage, an M249 isn’t a bad choice.
Growing up in Western PA, I can’t disagree with any of the author’s selections, but I would say there were a small band of .25 calliber diehards for the general PA utility rifle. The .250 Savage, .257 Roberts, .25-06 and .257 Weatherby could be loaded with lighter bullets for reaching out and touching those groundhogs at long range, and loaded heavy for PA black bear and manage everything in between. If you could have only one rifle in PA, it’s the ticket.
My dad and I took a lot of game with a Remington 760 in .270. Hand-loads ... Chasing game ... It made for some of the best bonding I ever had with him.
The drawback with the Model 94 is getting the second shot. The rifle recoils up and you lose you target. The Winchester Model 70 recoils straight back allowing a second shot. IMHO
Nothing like a top 10 gun thread to get the whole room yakking.
The important characteristic is the ability to penetrate blue helmets.
Interesting choices for sure. But if we’re not talking about just mass-produced rifles, we should add sporters based on military rifles. The Swedish Mauser in 6.5 x 55 is supposed to be an excellent, low recoil, high-penetrating and accurate deer/elk slayer. I personnaly have a customized FN-built Yugo Mauser action mated to a step-down 308 barrel and sporter stock, custom safety and bolt job—just a sweet rifle with an interesting history.
Silly article.
It’s 99% hunter, and 1% rifle (assuming any of the wide range of appropriate cartridges). The rifles are all fine.
Silly article.
It’s 99% hunter, and 1% rifle (assuming any of the wide range of appropriate cartridges). The rifles are all fine.
Thread is nearly useless without gun ‘pron’.